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Famous people · River Rouge
Of the 6 famous people born in River Rouge, an unusual share are athletes
The best known is the American basketball player Brent Darby, with articles in 6 languages. Second place goes to the American football player Chester Taylor, third to Ken Wilburn. Half or more of the towns in Michigan have no one on record, but this one has 8.6 for every 10,000 residents. 3 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Brent Darby
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1918
Ed Frutig
Youngest
1981
Brent Darby
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about River Rouge’s famous people
Through the years
When River Rouge’s famous people were born
The 1950s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
Sports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in River Rouge
The three best known are all athletes.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in River Rouge
3 more, from 1918 to 1954.
No one matches both filters.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Detroit has the longest list next door: 28.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is River Rouge and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (4)
- Chester Taylor: Sumeet Jain, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Frutig: Unidentified (Michiganensian is the University of Michigan yearbook published by University of Michigan), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Ford Coppola: The White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Damond Smith: DMC511, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons